[Report File] To prevent culture from being expelled from daily life with Corona

There are many areas that are experiencing a crisis due to Corona 19, but the crisis of performances that make face-to-face and realism life is especially serious.

The old business model of the performance industry, which revolved around the box office of offline performances, does not work and is unavoidably increasing online performances, but it is not very helpful economically except for a few cases such as BTS.

There is no country in this crisis.

Circus of Taeyang, a gigantic performance company, filed for bankruptcy, and'Columbia Artist Management', a global management company that Karajan and others belonged to, was closed, and legendary musical producer Cameron McIntosh, who made numerous hits such as'Miss Saigon' and'Remizerables', is also an employee. They were laid off.

Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer and producer of'The Phantom of the Opera', laments these days, saying,'The things I have built up in my life are disappearing without a trace before my eyes.'

you write an article about the crisis in the performance industry, you will get a comment saying,'It's difficult to eat and live right now, but what kind of performances are you?'

What is easy to overlook here is the fact that the performance has nothing to do with eating and living.

Because performances are both a'market' and an'industry' where many people's livelihoods depend.

In particular, the cultural industry has a high employment effect based on sales, which is of great importance in terms of jobs.

Before the economic meaning, the intangible spiritual value provided by cultural experiences, including watching performances, is also important.

Watching a performance doesn't make you full, but through the creative power of looking at the world from a different perspective, you can get new vitality and comfort.

Like reading, watching a performance provides us with a form of mind.

Performance is not a luxury that only those who can afford it.

Of course, there are expensive performances, but there are many performances that you can enjoy at a reasonable price.

The state has a responsibility to create an environment where more people can enjoy culture.

During World War II, the UK created an organization called the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA).

Even during the war, the state took care of the people's cultural life.

The first chairman of the organization was the famous economist Keynes.

Keynesian work led CEMA to become the British Arts Council, which in 1946 became a model for arts support organizations around the world.

Korea's'Culture Arts Committee' followed this model.

These days, in Korea, depending on the intensity of corona 19 quarantine measures, the operation of the concert hall was suspended and restarted repeatedly, and the seating system was recommended as a recommendation, and then the situation is changed. It keeps changing.

Performance products are characterized by preparing for months or years from the planning stage and meeting the audience in the form of a'performance' as the final product.

Canceled performances cannot be stocked and sold again like industrial products.

Even now, performing organizations are compelled to continue preparing for new performances in case the Corona 19 situation improves, but this also continues to bear the risk of the uncertain situation.

The staff of concert halls and performance groups are even more busy when performances are not held properly.

Follow-up actions for cancellations or postponements are piled up.

The National Theater Company, which prepared a variety of performances for the 70th anniversary of its foundation, has been repeatedly experiencing such a situation since February, postponing and canceling performances, performing for only a few days, and then canceling and postponing again.

It's busier than ever, but it's just that it's busy without any stalls, so you lose energy.

Organizations like the National Theater, which are funded by the money, can survive anyway.

Civilian organizations are literally'dead'.

but it is often questionable whether the policy authorities properly grasp the characteristics of the performance industry and the difficulties of the performance industry.

For example, these are things.

On August 15th, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism sends an official letter to a private performance hall.

It was said that it was mandatory for private performance halls as well as national and public performance halls to have an extra seat.

It is said that front-line performance producers were notified by text at midnight on the 15th (00:00 on the 16th) through the association.

The enforcement period starts from 00:00 on August 16th.

Private concert halls and performance groups immediately fell into great confusion.

In fact, the'floating seat system' is not easy to accept from the perspective of the performance industry.

This is because the more you perform, the more you lose your ticket when the ticket income falls below half.

However, it is difficult to stop the performance that has already been prepared with a lot of time and money, so it is like eating mustard while crying.

However, if you send an official letter one day before the enforcement and ask you to apply the seating system to the floor right away from tomorrow, will you be able to do it?

Prior to the opening of'Chunhyang' in May, the National Theater canceled the entire reservation as the seating system was implemented in public and public theaters, and the performance was conducted by calling the reservation audience one by one to explain the situation and requesting a re-booking.

Not to mention the hard work of the staff, it was a time-consuming process.

'Changgeuk Chunhyang' was on the better side because it was possible to start re-booking for 15 days before the opening.

It's already in progress, and there's a long time left until the end, but if you suddenly ask to change the seating system, would it be as simple as saying?

Arko Daehakro Arts Theater, run by the Arts Council Korea under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, canceled two special performances due to Corona 19 and then reversed the decision within one day. Happened.

The Literary Arts Committee canceled the two theater and dance performances scheduled to be performed on the 2nd and 3rd, which opened on September 25 and 26, respectively, on September 24, a day or two before the opening.

Since the performance prepared for several months was canceled just before the opening, what was the feelings of the artists and staff participating in the performance?

By the way, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announces that it will resume operation of national and public performance halls from the 28th with the intention of quenching the cultural thirst of the people on September 25, the next day, the week before the Chuseok holiday.

(However, it is virtually impossible to plan a performance right away and put it on during the Chuseok holiday.) Artists were angry beyond collapse.

Eventually, the Literary Arts Committee held an emergency meeting on the 25th and decided again to hold only dance performances on the 28th.

And I apologized for causing a sense of loss to the artists and staff who participated in the performance.

Corona 19 situation worsened and then improved and the performance resumed for a while, I have witnessed the scene where artists and audiences on stage blush together.

I have never felt the comfort and emotion of performing arts as vividly as then.

In these days when many people complain of mental fatigue as the Corona 19 situation continues, cultural experiences that provide comfort and relaxation to the soul are even more valuable.

Therefore, now we have to think together, "How can I live a safer cultural life?" In the

early days of Corona 19, the answer may have been'close and see multi-dense facilities.' But, in the future, we will continue our daily life with Corona 19. yieogaya if, you can not be unconditionally only answer to stop all activities "cultural facilities is dangerous facilities because" one close, re-open situation naahjimyeon, internal injuries of gongyeongye while this situation repeatedly goes deepening.

theater is a multi-density Although it is a facility, there are many opinions that the risk is relatively low compared to other multi-dense facilities because not only the quarantine is thoroughly carried out, but also the audience wears a mask and sees quietly in one place. , For example, there has been no case of corona19 infection spreading in concert halls, for example

, how much more dangerous is a concert hall or art gallery that can capture 100% of the visitor information and thoroughly quarantine it than other places? The UK government recently concluded that the performance industry cannot survive by continuing the'floating seat system', and a precise measure of how much infection concerns are actually in the venue. There

are cases from overseas countries, but we also need to establish a tighter standard through close investigation, how much is the risk of infection in the concert hall, in which case it is really necessary to close the concert hall, and perform more safely. be should seek to support a variety of ways.

anything these days the central government or local government, and basing one after another online relay support as an important policy, even temporarily can be helpful, which is a fundamental measure Online performances are difficult to watch with immersion like offline performances.

If it increases, there is a possibility that it will be poisonous to the entire performance world.

It is correct to say that'we must explore the possibility of online performances'.

However, it is unlikely that there are many shows that can even earn money from online performances.

These days, several performance organizations are working to pay for online performances.

They are musical production companies with strong fandom, or national and public organizations that have the budget to invest in video production.

However, they also say that online performances cannot replace on-site performances, and to the end are'subsidiary roles'.

The foundation of the performance industry is where the audience and the artist meet.

The foundation is shaking, but if this collapses, what does online broadcast support mean?

The manufacturer cannot afford to release a new product, but it is a price that he will support entering an online shopping mall.

Policy authorities need to take a more active and detailed look at the difficulties of the performance industry.

We hope that the culture will not be expelled from our daily life with Corona.